Food Service

Black River offers a school breakfast and lunch program with a simplified payment system using point of sale (POS) technology for services. School meals will begin on the first day of school. Breakfast is served beginning at 7:30am in the Lyceum building. Lunchtime varies depending upon the student grade. Please check with your teacher or the main office for service times. A food service account has been established for each student through Infinite Campus, our student information system. For paying students, deposits are made into individual student accounts and students draw from the account when they pay for a school meal or milk purchase. For students qualifying for a free or reduced breakfast and lunch, they pass through the serving line and use their PIN to "pay" just like everyone else, but the funding comes from the federal school meals account.

If you are would like to apply for free or reduced meals, please stop in the main office for a list of Frequently Asked Questions and the application.

How do I put meal money into student accounts?
Parents can pay for school meals in three ways; (1) by check payable to BRPS-Food Service that can be placed in the mail or delivered to the main office by you or your student. We credit money based on student names. The memo of your check should include the student name or names whose account or accounts should be credited. You can pay for multiple students with one check, but be sure to specify how much for each child's account next to the names in the check memo or attach a note with a information, (2) by cash, exact change only (the office does not maintain a cash box) delivered to the main office by you or, (3) by credit card using your Infinite Campus parent portal account.

How do I view my child's food service account?
Black River has set up an individual food service account for each student. You may check your child's account balance at any time by logging on to your Infinite Campus parent portal account. If you do not yet have a parent portal account, please go to our Forms page and print off the Infinite Campus enrollment form, complete it with the appropriate signatures, and bring it to the main office.

How is my student charged for breakfast and lunch?
Each student has been assigned a 4-digit food service account PIN. You don't need to know the PIN to put money in your child's account right away. For K-5 students, teachers maintain student PINs and will assist them in orderding lunch every day. For 6-12 students, the PIN is mailed home with class schedules. Every student will enter this PIN into a key pad at the end of the lunch line, a picture displays to verify identity, and the server will record which meal has been chosen via a touch-screen monitor. At this time, the meals' full or reduced price, if applicable is charged to the student's food service account.

What happens if there isn't money on account?
Money on account is not necessary for a student that qualifies for free breakfast and lunch. Please note, if a student receiving free meal benefits chooses to go through the line for a second meal they will be charged for the full price of the meal. For students not receiving lunch benefits, the meal program is a pay-in-advance program, not a credit program. With this being said, we will never let a child go without a meal. We hope that most parents will be able to monitor their child's balance using the parent portal, but we will periodically mail home a statement if a student food service account is in arrears.

If you have questions regarding how the lunch program works or need assistance with your account please call Michelle Byrne at 355.0055 x160

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